Actor Tovino Thomas is a known name across the Malayalam film industry. He also played the baddie in Dhanush’s ‘Maari 2’. His performance in the movie was appreciated by the audience. He is currently working on his next Malayalam film ‘Minnal Murali’. Here’s a shocking incident from the sets of the movie.
The set built for the second shooting of the movie in Kalady has been vandalized and attacked by a group of people in the town. Tovino shared some shocking pictures of this incident on his Instagram handle.
He captioned the pictures saying “Minnal Murali’s first schedule at Wayanad had been in progress when the set for the second schedule began construction at Kalady. It was carried out by art director Manu Jagad and team, under special instructions by stunt choreographer Vlad Rimburg. For this, we had the rightful permissions from the concerned authorities."
“And as we were about to start shooting in this set – which was built on a considerable cost, the whole country went into lockdown, following which our shoot was paused, just like all others’. It is during this prevailing uncertainty that this contractual set was destroyed by a group of racialists yesterday. The reasons they cite for this unceremonious act are not understood to our senses till now.”
“We’ve heard of movie sets being vandalised by religious fanatics in Northern parts of India. Now, it’s happening to us right here.It has caused us a lot of distress, and even more of anxiety. We have decided to go ahead with the legal proceedings.” (sic)
The set was supposedly built at over 1 crore rupees. The makers have now lodged a complaint with the Kerala Police and an FIR has been registered. The police have responded saying that action will be taken soon.